Ark Elvin Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 41 40.9 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 40.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 36.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 8.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.35 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	45.9[5]	43.2%[5]
2023/24	43.4[3]	39%[3]	+0.35[3]
2022/23	40[6]	29%[6]	+0.67[6]
2021/22	44.8[7]	46%[7]	+0.53[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: E 2018/19[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2017/18[9]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2017/18	D[9]	0%[9]
2016/17	D[11]	5.9%[11]
2015/16	D+[12]	0%[12]
2014/15	C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 55% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	91%[15]	61%[15]	9%[15]	20%[15]	0%[15]	2%[15]
2020/21	90%[16]	58%[16]	4%[16]	25%[16]	1%[16]	2%[16]
2019/20	89%[17]	53%[17]	4%[17]	30%[17]	0%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	86%[18]	26%[18]	5%[18]	52%[18]	1%[18]	2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 84% 2022/23[19]
Education: 64% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 18% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	91%[20]	77%[20]	3%[20]	11%[20]
2020/21	100%[21]	100%[21]	0%[21]	0%[21]
2016/17	80%[22]	60%[22]	3%[22]	17%[22]
2015/16	94%[23]	82%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 89% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 23% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 11% 2015/16[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2015/16[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	0%[26]	0%[26]
2015/16	83%[25]	11%[25]	11%[25]	0%[25]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 14 Jun 2023[27]
Type: S5 Inspection[27]
Report published: 27 Jul 2023[27]
Personal development: Outstanding[27]
Quality of education: Outstanding[27]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[27]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[27]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[27]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[27]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[27]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
2 Oct 2019[28]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[28]	Good[28]
6 Jun 2017[29]	Academy First Section 5[29]	Requires improvement[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.9 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference): 603 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences: 160 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered: 205 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	667[30]	148[30]	210[30]	3.2[30]	0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2024	616[30]	152[30]	210[30]	2.9[30]	0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023	507[30]	151[30]	205[30]	2.5[30]	0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2022	438[30]	128[30]	238[30]	1.8[30]	0.5[30]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry: 31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1200[1]
Trust: ARK SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority: Brent[1]
Website: http://arkelvinacademy.org/[1]
District: Brent [32]
Postcode: HA9 7DU[1]
URN: 141019[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1305 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 71.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 12.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 3.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 41.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 14.2%[34]
Mixed: 6.9%[34]
Asian: 38.3%[34]
Black: 25.9%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 13.9%[34]
Unclassified: 0.8%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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September-October 2025: The school provides opportunities for prospective pupils and their parents/carers to visit the school. 31st October 2025: National closing date for Secondary applications. (p. 4)
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